Kayode Ojo: EDEN | 009 | 52 Walker | EXHIBITION PREVIEW

52 Walker's ninth exhibition, EDEN, featuring the work of New York-based artist Kayode Ojo. Composed of ready-made items of leisure, luxury, and revelry, Ojo’s sleek sculptures move between the related visual languages of delicate minimalism and glittering opulence, foregrounding the transformative power of the material object and its ability to transport its owner through dimensions of time, place, and social status.
Ojo’s work examines the intricacies of personal and popular nostalgia by archiving the physical traces of the body’s most tantalizing and precious artifacts. Sourcing his materials from fast-fashion websites and online shopping hubs, the artist weaves the familiar cadences of searching, scrolling, purchasing, and receiving into his nimble artistic practice. Ojo works instinctively, with precision and without adhesives, to refashion these items into poetic yet perverse arrangements that make visible the phenomenon of social aspiration, unveiling its double-edged nature as a facilitator of both belonging and instability.
Kayode Ojo: EDEN was curated by Ebony L. Haynes and presented by 52 Walker. The exhibition was on view from October 27, 2023-January 6, 2024.
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